Advance Contract Award Notice
An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.
Definition of Requirement
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Canadian Coast Guard has a requirement to provide a map of the carbon sequestration potential of eelgrass beds along Canada’s Pacific, Atlantic, and sub-Arctic coasts. An accompanying conceptual model outlining carbon sequestration potential under varying environmental conditions (based on field and literature data) will also be provided. These products will be used by EAS to develop Ocean Accounts and Ecosystem accounts. Application of project outcomes to Marine Spatial Planning and Conservation Targets are also anticipated.
Criteria for Assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (minimum essential requirements):
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that they meet the following requirements:
Minimum 10 years of research experience in eelgrass (Zostera marina) ecology.
Knowledge of eelgrass phenology, growth, biomass accumulation, and ecosystem functions.
Experience sampling eelgrass beds for shoot density, canopy height, and aboveground and belowground biomass.
Experience sampling eelgrass beds for carbon stocks using sediment cores.
Experience calculating sediment organic carbon stocks in eelgrass beds.
Experience in mapping eelgrass bed extent from various types of available data. In possession of available eelgrass extent data (verified and unverified) from the Pacific, Atlantic, and sub-Arctic coasts.
Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
The procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:
Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement
Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement
Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
The pre-identified supplier is the only supplier that we are aware of who offers services which meet all the Minimum Essential Requirements listed above in point number 3.
Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6 (d): Only one person is capable of performing the contract.
Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the:
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Article 1016: Limited Tendering Procedures
2 b) where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists;
Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, Article Kbis-09: Tendering Procedures, article b
where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Article 1409: Limited Tendering, article b
b. Where the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons:
iii. Due to an absence of competition for technical reasons;
Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, Article 17.11: Limited Tendering, article (b)
(b) a good or service being procured can be supplied only by a particular supplier and a reasonable alternative or substitute does not exist because:
(iii) there is an absence of competition for technical reasons;
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement, Article XIII: Limited Tendering, article b
b. where the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons:
iii.due to an absence of competition for technical reasons;
CFTA Article 513: Limited Tendering
(b) if the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons:
(iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons;
Canada Panama Free Trade Agreement, Article 16.10: Limited Tendering, article b
b.the procurement can be carried out only by a particular supplier and a reasonable alternative or substitute does not exist because:
iii.of the absence of competition for technical reasons;
Delivery Date
All the deliverables must be on or before March 31, 2021
Cost Estimate of the Proposed Contract
The estimated value of the contract, is approximately $163,477.10 (including applicable taxes)
Name and Address of the Pre-identified Supplier
Dr. Mary O'Connor,
Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Suppliers Right to Submit a Statement of Capabilities:
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the goods described herein, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this notice on or before the closing date of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.
Closing Date for a Submission of a Statement of Capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is October 16, 2019 at 2PM EDT.
Inquiries and Submission of Statements of Capabilities
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be delivered to:
Stacy Semé
S••••••••@•••••••.••.ca
343-548-8241
